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'Wicked Arts': Witchcraft and Magic Trials in Southern Sweden, 1635-1754 »
Authors: Sorlin
ISBN-13: 9789004111837, ISBN-10: 9004111832
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: November 1998
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Sorlin
Per Sörlin, Ph.D. (1993), University of Umeå, is Senior Lecturer in History at Mid Sweden University. His publications in English include The Blåkulla Story: Absurdity and Rationality (Arv. Nordic Yearbook of Folklore 1997).
Book Synopsis
Based on an extensive body of Swedish sources, this study presents new information on the regional pattern of European witch-trials, providing insight into how social and cultural perceptions of local wichcraft were generated by interactions in the legal process.
Table of Contents
| Preface | ||
| Ch. 1 | Introduction | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | Witchcraft and Magic in the Gota High Court | 18 |
| Ch. 3 | Witchcraft and Magic in the Courtroom | 42 |
| Ch. 4 | The Origins of the Trials | 83 |
| Ch. 5 | Popular Participation | 102 |
| Ch. 6 | Maleficent Witchcraft | 128 |
| Ch. 7 | Witchcraft, Magic and Historical Change | 178 |
| List of Tables and Diagrams | 187 | |
| Trial Index | 193 | |
| Appendix | 209 | |
| Sources and References | 225 | |
| Index | 233 |
Subjects
History
European History General & Miscellaneous European History
New Age & Spirituality Witchcraft and Magic Witchcraft, Wicca & Paganism - Historical
Nonfiction History European History
European History General & Miscellaneous European HistoryNew Age & Spirituality
Witchcraft and Magic Witchcraft, Wicca & Paganism - HistoricalNonfiction
History European History